Story+1978-11-25+St.+Louis,+MO

‘‘You’re gonna hurt yourself (chuckles)....we’ll do that for you later, I promise (chuckles) ...relax, we got a long time to work....now, this is uh....this is a song I originally wrote for the Darkness on the Edge of Town album, it’s uh.....I guess it’s sort of a new song, it’s gonna be on the next album......there will be a next album (chuckles)....this is called..... ´Independence Day’....”
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Independence Day’**

´´Where you from ?....where ?...New York, that figures.....here’s ‘Racing in the Street´...”
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Racing in the Street’**

´´(?) (chuckles).....this is for my friends from New York City...this is ‘For You’....
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘For You’**

´´Hey there little girl.....it´s good to see you back again....and baby, you´re still looking fine....it´s been such a long, long time....baby, I remember you.....baby, I remember you and I know....you remember me too.....we used to hitchhike outside of town....and in the middle of that old field, they had an abandoned Cadillac....baby´d take me riding in back ....baby´d take me riding in back....little girl, take me riding in back.....on the inside....way on the inside.....way on the inside.....down and down we´d go....and on the outside.....hear the sirens cry down the street.....and on the inside, down and down and down we´d go.... on the outside.....the rain falling....I hear someone calling to me....somebody.....calling to me....oh, oh, calling me.....on the inside now....down and down.....on the inside.....I wanna live....on the inside....I wanna love....on the inside....oh, I wanna live....on the inside.... baby, I wanna love.....let me love you tonight.....let me love you.....on the inside.....I promised that I´d drive all night.....just to buy you some shoes.....and to taste your tender charms.....to hold you in my arms.....and I remember back then you promised.....that you´d never leave without me....you promised you´d never leave without me.....on the inside, you promised you´d never leave without me.....and like everything else back then, you promised....and you lied....you lied....you lied.....baby, you lied....and now you´re back....and I wanna....I wanna.....and I wanna know why.....(?)....and I wanna know why .....I wanna know why.....we can´t.....I wanna know why....we gotta stop....I gotta stop....I have to stop.....why we have to stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, STOP..... ”
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, middle of ´Backstreets´**

´´I wanna thank everybody, thank you all for coming down to the show tonight ....(?).... and I’d like to thank all the folks who came the last time we were here (?)....anybody new here ? (cheers)....alright....here’s to you....”
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, intro to ‘Born to Run’**

´´We got a.....very serious announcement to make here....hall manager, just spoke to him tonight, asked me to announce that please....if there’s anybody in the hall tonight ....that has a weak stomach or....a weak heart, please stop into the lobby..... during the next section of this song....´cause it might be dangerous to your health....”
 * 25.11.78 St.Louis, MO, middle of ‘Detroit Medley’**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//